Why. It would work pretty well, just replace the girl with a guy. I'd find it quite fun. And making fun at specific types of people, if done right, is very funny. See GTA games.
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I did think of reversing roles, but I think it would be a tottaly different game. The settings and stereotypes I described are very specific to guy-girl situations. Mostly, your common bro, and the common hot gf type people.
To get the same effects from a homosexual couple, we'd be talking about a whole differet slew of stereotypes, along with diferent settings, situations, etc. The game I described is very reliant on theatrical and well coreographed situations. They'd be totaly diferent for the gay guy mode, so I think it would be better handled as a different version of the game all-together.
As for a man nagging his gf for looking at other men... I don't think that is very common. Not that there aren't annoying bfs out there, and opressive men. But it usually manifests in very diferent ways.
And GTA got a big backlash from feminists, so yeah, I guess it proves my point.
To get the same effects from a homosexual couple, we'd be talking about a whole differet slew of stereotypes, along with diferent settings, situations, etc. The game I described is very reliant on theatrical and well coreographed situations. They'd be totaly diferent for the gay guy mode, so I think it would be better handled as a different version of the game all-together.
As for a man nagging his gf for looking at other men... I don't think that is very common. Not that there aren't annoying bfs out there, and opressive men. But it usually manifests in very diferent ways.
And GTA got a big backlash from feminists, so yeah, I guess it proves my point.
Hello? That's exactly why it would work!
Sony have lots of shapes in their move controller patents, but they didn't patent "monstrously weird angular mushroom"
http://www.freepatentsonline.com/20120302347.pdf
Engineer : "We tested 16 shapes, and the sphere is ideal"
Executive : "Patent all the shapes anyway!"
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Hello? That's exactly why it would work!
I mean, the obstacles for the hetero guy version of the game, would be like a girl droping something on the ground allowing you to see a bit of her but from her skirt.
You can't just change her model for that of a guy and have the game still work. You'd need different animations, and probably a lot of the situations would be different. I think of guys fixing car engines on dirty wife beaters, or strong policemen hahahhaha. Its a completely diferent game, for different publics.
Patents aren't awarded on merit! But tracking a glowing ball is actually unique. It uses the size of the sphere which is different to other trackings that just use distant between known points.
Just plastic balls, no active lighting. That's actually something I thought they could try differently. Use IR LEDs that won't colour the clothing but will be detectable via video. Could probably get away with them being much smaller too. But the future is likely TOF cameras and there's possibly little point in developing the passive alternatives now.
No it's different. Mocap is usually using strong infrared light to illuminate trackers (tiny balls, or dot stickers). and it's triangulated with multiple cameras. It's not perfectly robust and needs some work to retarget it on geometry (and then the animators throw away 90% of the data and animate it correctly, despite not getting the credit they deserve)
Move is using accelerometers, gyros, magnetometers, and a single camera to track a colored light sphere, and the shape of the object is an important aspect to allow precise tracking, so is the shape of the front led on the DS4 controller. Richard Marks did a GDC presentation in 2001 about using the eyetoy to track a sphere of a known size and color.
Also, I was joking. Valve is obviously showing a very crude prototype, there's no way this controller will be shaped like a nasty blunt weapon, or someone will lose an eye on day one. It will probably be rounded like the HMD.
I'll definitely get this, assuming it works with Windows. I'll still use my 360 controller for most games but this Steam controller would let me also play point and click adventures, etc from my couch which would be cool.
Microsoft released the RoomAlive Toolkit on GitHub...
http://blogs.msdn.com/b/kinectforwi...roomalive-toolkit-unveiled-at-build-2015.aspx
EDIT: Engadget has a couple videos...
http://www.engadget.com/2015/05/02/microsoft-roomalive-toolkit/?a_dgi=aolshare_reddit
Tommy McClain
http://blogs.msdn.com/b/kinectforwi...roomalive-toolkit-unveiled-at-build-2015.aspx
EDIT: Engadget has a couple videos...
http://www.engadget.com/2015/05/02/microsoft-roomalive-toolkit/?a_dgi=aolshare_reddit
Tommy McClain
http://vrfocus.com/archives/21418/u...g-universal-motion-controller-implementation/
No release date has yet been set for Unreal Engine 4.10, though a number of developers with early access to the next update suspect it will arrive sooner than most expect. Unreal Engine 4.9 only launched earlier this month, so could we be moving into a period of monthly updates for Unreal Engine 4? VRFocus will keep you updated as more is learned about Epic Games’ plans for the high-end videogame development platform.
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http://vrfocus.com/archives/23013/microsoft-reveals-hololens-videogame-controller/
Microsoft’s HoloLens was unveiled back in January of this year, and since then has regularly been linked to areas outside of videogaming. Today however, Microsoft made strides forward in the world of hologram-based entertainment, revealing a new controller specifically designed for HoloLens videogames.
The currently unnamed device was billed by Microsoft as a ‘wearable hologram’. At present it appears as though it’s a simple communicator held in the hand that relays to the HoloLens itself, allowing for holograms to be projected onto the device. However, very few details are available aside from the imagery included on this page. Software is being developed specifically for the device, which VRFocus will report back on in the very near future.
The Pokemon Go craze shows why HMD setups like VR or Hololens will be niche products.
This mass sensation took off because there was minimal friction for people to join in on the huge hype around this thing.
If it was relegated to HMD device, it would never have taken off like it has. It would not have prompted tens of millions in device sales, either.
Word of mouth spread and people learned they could check it out on a device they already had, not one they'd have to buy or horrors, one limited to narrow uses.
VR and Hololens devices will advance a state of the art for a segment of the market who are willing to deal with the expense and hassle of using these devices but these will never be massive products.
Now you would expect more AR games playable on regular modern smartphones to come along. If a couple other of these catch on, development of AR content would target regular mobile devices rather than specialized HMD devices.
This mass sensation took off because there was minimal friction for people to join in on the huge hype around this thing.
If it was relegated to HMD device, it would never have taken off like it has. It would not have prompted tens of millions in device sales, either.
Word of mouth spread and people learned they could check it out on a device they already had, not one they'd have to buy or horrors, one limited to narrow uses.
VR and Hololens devices will advance a state of the art for a segment of the market who are willing to deal with the expense and hassle of using these devices but these will never be massive products.
Now you would expect more AR games playable on regular modern smartphones to come along. If a couple other of these catch on, development of AR content would target regular mobile devices rather than specialized HMD devices.
Michellstar
Regular
Of course an ubiquitous mobile device trumps dedicated and "expensive" first wave of VR/AR devices.
But in the long run, cordless, self-contained, lighter and streamlined VR/AR will be more convenient than running around the city staring at your palm...
E-Lenses (terminator style) in 20/30 years, in time for Pokemon GO VII
But in the long run, cordless, self-contained, lighter and streamlined VR/AR will be more convenient than running around the city staring at your palm...
E-Lenses (terminator style) in 20/30 years, in time for Pokemon GO VII
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scooby_dooby
Legend
Amazingly short sited. How is any different than the advent of Television in the age of Radio?
VR is a new medium, I'm absolutely convinced of that. As such it will stand the test of time, and create experiences that will absolutely become mainstream. Also, as such, your comparison to a mobile phone app just makes no sense whatsoever. It's like holding up a hit radio show, and using it as evidence as to why the entire medium of Television is a dead-end. There's no logic there.
Who wouldn't want to watch the Superbowl or World Cup from midfield and feel like they are really there? Or join an aerobic's class with other people, in the comfort of your home? Travel to Everest, Egypt, Stonehenge, something previosuly reserved for just a tiny percentage of the population.
There are endless possibilities for experience that any layman in the world would enjoy.
Thats actually one of the coolest features of VR, it appeals to way more people than traditional 2d gaming. I've showed off the VIVE to tons of parents/non-gamers, and they all said they wanted one, that they would use it, and they visibly had an absolute blast. These are people who wouldn't spend 10 seconds at a Console or PC playing a 'video game', but since VR is all about muscle memory, movement, and physical skill, it appeals to them on a very base level.
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scooby_dooby
Legend
Maybe we'll have occluders on AR glasses to use them in VR
Been saying for a while AR is the future, VR a gimmick.
Completely disagree. AR only adds on the current world, which is not that exciting, and fairly limited in actual scope... I mean at the end of the day, reality is pretty boring. We've been there, we've done that.
VR opens to the door to literally any world you can imagine, you can be any where, you can do anything, things you could never dream of in the boring 'real world'. It offers literally limiteless scope of experiences that can be created.
Once the headsets are wireless, lighter, and more affordable, look out...
oh but you're not thinking of the possibilities, imagine walking down the road and an ad pops up in your view saying doritos are 25% off at the current shop or you're at a ballgame and up pops an arrow saying beer that way the queue is empty for $4, oh the possibilites.
Um yes VR trumps AR, sure in 20 years I can see lots of ppl with AR enabled AR but for the experience its like comparing driving a Skoda to a Lamborghini
